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Crystal C

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 3, 201268 views5 comments

Like the strokes of a paint brush made by an artist the size of an ant, this photo of a vitamin C crystal was taken through a microscope using polarized light. I took this many years ago when I was a student and had access to a nice microscope!
Scanned in from 4x5 transparency.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Karen Kane on August 4, 2012 at 2:36 AM

How unique. This totally has the feel of an abstract watercolor painting with layers of washes - VERY cool! Would have never been able to guess it was a vitamin C crystal.

Registered on August 4, 2012, 66 Posts, 726 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on August 4, 2012 at 6:18 PM

I made up several vitamin c slides at the time and this one came out very different than the others.

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Comment posted by Marc Ward on August 7, 2012 at 9:06 PM

Bill,... I enjoy the festive feel to this. Great colors. My first reaction was; "what did he do in Photoshop to make this image". Then I read your description. Cool...This is the kind of image that should be entered into the Nikon Small World contest. I love having this image in the PA gallery because of the nature of the image. I think you should also post this in the Macro/Close-up gallery to spread it around. Love the vibrant water color feel of this

Registered on February 26, 2009, 304 Posts, 1365 Comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on August 8, 2012 at 12:32 PM

Beautiful colours and lines Bill !

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 10, 2012 at 6:08 AM

This has great impact, interesting technique in uncharted territory..at least for me.
Looks just like an abstract watercolor painting to me Bill, my hat's off to both you and the artist "ant" for a job well done

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments